CATS appear to alter their purring to subliminally manipulate their carers, researchers say.

SOMEWHERE inside this tiny ball of white fluff is a dog that stopped growing at 8cm, its owner says.

A 32-year-old man who shed more than half his weight has girls "making googly eyes" at him.

A SURVEY of Australian workers has revealed who are the happiest employees - and who are having the most sex.

A COMPOUND found on a remote island could help us live longer, but at a cost, say scientists.

WOMEN wanting to get pregnant should find themselves an ugly man, new research suggests.

PABLO Escobar's hippo died the same way he did - hunted down and shot by the authorities for posing a danger to the public.

A PUPPY survived having a BBQ fork stuck in his brain for three days before getting to see a vet.

TAXI drivers outraged after a police officer issues a ticket for "not being neatly dressed".

THOUSANDS of sea monsters with razor-sharp beaks and toothy tentacles have invaded San Diego beaches, attacking divers.

Today I attended the launch of the 2009 Perth Fashion Festival. It was held at the glorious GPO in Perth and attended by fashionistas and special guests all looking forward to finding out what the program had to offer for

Rob "Millsy" Mills wrotes an editorial . Sweet! Nice one, Millsy. I can almost overlook that whole shagging-Paris-Hilton thing in my estimation of you.

The first episode of the is up, and it's great! Even though I know her in real life, I was surprised by how natural and charming Ness comes across on the video. (Not that she's not charming, but talking to

This one's been percolating for a while. After all, I've been writing about my annoyance with this "movement" for . Now the founder of "Knitta Please" is and the media are going crazy with kooky knitting headlines. Loads of non-knitters

Long name... for a fairly unsatisfying pair of socks. I dunno. I'm just not loving these. It's mostly the colour, I think. The yarn is in the colour "Opulent". In the hank it looked like more of a semi-solid, so

Fantastic Mr. Fox"???Oh dear god. Wes Anderson is making a of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox (which I'd like to link to on my RDF site, but it's having a server issue at the moment). This looks... not good. There

aka Black Forest Cookies). Holy crap. I might need to make those this weekend.

Nothing to report. I mean it. Nothing. Stupid cold kept me from any and all running last week. My sinuses cleared up by the weekend, but I've still got a wet cough that limits my breathing somewhat. I had to